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William Gilbert (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l b ər t /; 24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603), [1] also known as Gilberd, [2] was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching.
William Gilbert, pioneer researcher into magnetism who became the most distinguished man of science in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. As the first to use the terms electric attraction, electric force, and magnetic pole, he is often considered the father of electrical studies.
William Gilbert founded the scientific study of magnetism and is regarded, together with Galileo, as a founding father of experimental science. A forceful advocate of the power of the scientific experiment, Gilbert discovered that our planet has two magnetic poles; he defined these poles correctly and established that the earth behaves
T he English physician William Gilbert earned fame for his studies in electricity and magnetism. His pioneering experiments in these fields marked the dawn of a new era in science. Born in Colchester, England, Gilbert received his medical degree in 1569 and began practicing medicine in London.
William Gilbert © Gilbert was an English physician and scientist, the first man to research the properties of the lodestone (magnetic iron ore), publishing his findings in the...
William Gilbert. 1544-1603. English Geophysicist and Physician. William Gilbert earned his place in annals of science with the publication of De magnete. A landmark in the history of experimental science and widely influential, it records his pioneering researches on magnetism and electricity.
The English physician and physicist William Gilbert (1544-1603), an investigator of electrical and magnetic phenomena, is principally noted for his "Demagnete," one of the first scientific works based on observation and experiment.
On May 24, 1544, English physician, physicist and natural philosopher William Gilbert was born. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching.
William Gilbert (1544-1603) William Gilbert was born in Colchester, England, into a middle class family of some wealth. He entered St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1558 and obtained an B.A. in 1561, an M.A. in 1564, and finally an M.D. in 1569.
William Gilbert (sometimes spelled “Gilberd”) was born in Colchester, England, in 1544, the son of Jerome, a successful Burgess and Recorder of the town, and his wife Elizabeth.